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<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello
Aidwatchers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
hope you are all feeling energetic this month as there are a number of
excellent upcoming events well worth your attending! AID/WATCH will be hosting
a film night on land rights this month, launching our exciting new “Guide
to Australian Aid” and revamped website in November, then topping it all
off in December with our Annual Trivia night. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Look
forward to seeing many of you at our events over the next couple of months. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lara
Daley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH
E-Bulletin Monday October 13<sup>th</sup> 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
</div>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01243&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>EVENT: The Fight for Land short film night</span></a></span></b><b><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: AID/WATCH
guide to Australian aid Launch</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: AID/WATCH
Annual Trivia Night</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01235&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>ARTICLE: Forget About Missy </span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACTION: email the
Colombian Consulate in support of worker’s rights</span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: Pacific
Calling for Climate Justice<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: Film
“The Doctors of Tomorrow” <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Donate to AID/WATCH<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'><b><u><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: The Fight for Land short
film night</span></u></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On
Thursday the 30<sup>th</sup> October AID/WATCH invites you to a night of
documentaries on grassroots struggles for land rights in Cambodia, Mexico and
Papua New Guinea. The evening includes an introduction from some of the
documentary makers and an AID/WATCH update on land reform in the aid program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>When:
Thursday 30<sup>th</sup> October 6.30-9pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where:
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney CBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cost:
$10 concession, $15 Waged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click
here for more information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01243&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01243&display_item=2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41274" target="_blank"><span
style='color:windowtext'>EVENT: AID/WATCH’s Guide to Australian Aid
Launch</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:.25in'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Join AID/WATCH for the
launch of our exciting new publication AID/WATCH’s Guide to Australian
Aid and the revamped AID/WATCH website. Both the guide and new website make
accessible vital information on the Australian aid program and development NGO
aid. These will be powerful tools to assist AID/WATCHers in holding our
government to account on aid spending and making well-informed private
donations.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:.25in'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Come along and hear from
past AID/WATCH campaigners including AID/WATCH Co-Founder Lee Rhiannon, view
the new website and get your copy of the hot-off-the-press guide to Australian
aid.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:.25in'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>When: November 20<sup>th</sup>,
6pm for 6.30pm start<sup> </sup> <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style='margin-left:.25in'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Where: Medium Rare
Gallery, 70 Regent St Redfern<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Frutiger-Light'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: AID/WATCH
Annual Trivia Night – “Almost anyone can be President” </span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Following
the long awaited November election of a new American president, come and share
your memories of the Bush administration that proved almost anyone can be
President. Our hosts Captain Belligerent and Cute Boy return to delve into your
knowledge of Bush-isms and faux-pas! Dinner and drinks will be available for
purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>When: Thursday, December 11, 2008,
6:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where: Camperdown Bowling Club, Mallet
St, Camperdown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>$20/$10 waged/concession or $50 for
passionate supporters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To book a table (of 6) or your seat,
call Ozzie at AID/WATCH on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span lang=EN-AU
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9557 8944 (mob: 0434
829 084) or email <b>ozzie@aidwatch.org.au</b></span><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><b><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>ARTICLE: Forget About Missy </span></u></b><b><u><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Did
Rudd's advisers muddle up the briefing papers? What with all the hullaballoo
over whether Kevin Rudd was only going to New York to meet Missy Higgins,
everyone, including the Prime Minister himself, seemed to have forgotten
exactly why he was in the Big Apple. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read
AID/WATCH Director, Flint Duxfield’s article on the need for Rudd to remember
the global fight against poverty and the Millennium Development Goals. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Follow
this link to read the article:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://newmatilda.com/2008/09/25/forget-about-missy">http://newmatilda.com/2008/09/25/forget-about-missy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in'><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACTION: email the
Colombian Consulate in support of worker’s rights</span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in'><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In
Colombia, for the last 20 days between 12 000 and 18 000 men who work the cane
fields in have been on strike. Their strike has stopped 80% of all production
of sugar in Colombia and it is estimated that it has cost the sugar sector around
$450 million. In the words of one of the sugar cane workers, the strike
is a historic moment against the exploitation of 200 years of slavery. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Activists
in Colombia have asked AID/WATCH members and friends to support striking
workers in Colombia by emailing: </span><span lang=EN-AU><a
href="mailto:ConsulateofColombia@tpg.com.au"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ConsulateofColombia@tpg.com.au</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> in support of their
rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For information on this call-to-action
click here: <a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01244&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01244&display_item=2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: Pacific
Calling for Climate Justice<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Pacific Calling
Partnership invites you to a participatory forum <i>Pacific Calling for Climate
Justice: a human rights framework?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The forum will open with
Indigenous representatives from Australia and the Pacific speaking about the
effects of climate change on their people. The forum will then explore how an
effective human rights framework can respond to calls for climate justice from
our neighbours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>When: 9.00am - 5pm Saturday
25 October 2008<br>
Where: Gleeson Auditorium Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Rd
Strathfield NSW<br>
Registration fee<b> </b>(includes lunch and morning tea)<br>
Full: $60, Academics/NGOworkers/teachers: $30, Concession:$10 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For booking details contact <a
href="mailto:jillf@erc.org.au">jillf@erc.org.au</a> or phone 02 8762 4200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: Film
“The Doctors of Tomorrow</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>A documentary on the Timor Leste-Cuba health cooperation.
See interviews with some of the 850 East Timorese students studying medicine
with the Cubans, in the biggest medical college on earth. From 2010 onwards
these young people will begin to take control of their country’s health
system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>39 minutes. Filmed in Timor Leste and Cuba<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Produced by Tim Anderson, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>When: Wednesday, October 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where: Education Lecture Theatre 351 University of Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <u>Donate to
AID/WATCH</u><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH
is a community-based organization and does not accept government or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent monitor of
Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of development on the
planet and its people. Only through being financially self-sufficient can we
have the freedom to criticize or applaud with objectivity. Together with you we
can achieve change without compromise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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this link to give to AID/WATCH today:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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